Quitting smoking improves heart
Researchers at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, New York, after that they examined specific inflammatory biomarkers associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in “at risk” women during the smoking cessation process, say that smoking cessation provides immediate benefits to patients.
It was found that smoking cessation resulted in significant reductions in circulating tumour necrosis factor (TNF), soluble TNF receptors I and II, and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1).
The researchers concluded that there are rapid consequences of smoking cessation on inflammatory biomarkers in women at risk for CVD.
The article has been published in Chest, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians.

